Who do you want to be for Halloween?

My son is five, and he is pumped about Halloween coming up. We bought his Batman costume last week, and he has worn it so much that it already has signs of a hole in the knee.

While I’m not a big fan of scary movies or haunted houses, I can totally relate to why my son is excited about Halloween. First of all, who doesn’t love Halloween candy? But Halloween also gives kids permission to pretend to be someone else. When he’s in his Batman costume, he’s not the quiet little kid who has a bunch of adults lovingly telling him what to do all day. He’s a crime fighting superhero who gets to drive around in the Batmobile.

Isn’t this the same reason we love fiction? We get to take a break from our demanding jobs and busy lives to be someone else. Books let us travel to new places and meet new kinds of characters. Reading lets us dare to jump into experiences or situations different from our everyday lives.

So I’m allowing my little guy to wear holes in his $20 costume and enjoy what it feels like to explore a new world different from his own.

Do you like Halloween? Do you or your kids/grandkids dress up for Halloween?

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Beth jumps into life with both feet...or head first. Impulsive and spontaneous to a T, she joined Passionate Critters and never looked back. She loves writing and reading, which made this wonderful group of woman a perfect match for her.

Halloween can be any candy that gets handed out when the kids go door-to-door trick-or-treating, but this time of year, there seems to be candy everywhere! I’ve learned to by suckers or something I won’t eat. Otherwise, it will be gone before Halloween.

My little girl has chosen to be Cleo De Nile from Monster High. It’s always a struggle, for me, because it’s going to be cold… the costume is sleeveless. She’ll be okay at school in it, but not for trick-or-treat.

I offered to dye gauze with tea bags and wrap her in that to keep her warm, but she gave me that, “Really, Mother?” look.

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